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Committee pushes for clearer, accountability-driven agency budget testimony
Summary
The Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry committee previewed a chair-drafted memo designed to help agencies present budget testimony that explains problems, who benefits, and cost-effectiveness; members were urged to use the guidance, coordinate with advocates and attend a JFO session for budget literacy.
The Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry committee on Jan. 30 discussed a chair-drafted memorandum asking agencies to provide more useful, accountability-focused budget testimony ahead of hearings.
The chair said the memo was written after committee members were “very disappointed” by last year’s testimony and aims to make witnesses answer four core questions: what problem the request addresses, who it helps, whether the proposal is cost-effective and how it would be administered. “The worst answer someone can…
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